TPM Episode 428: Alex Deibold, Professional Snowboarder, Olympic Medalist

The Powell Movement

Mike Powell

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4.8 • 824 Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2025

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

Alex Deibold is an Olympic medalist with over 100 World Cup starts under his belt. Alex’s success began at the Stratton Mountain School, and then he made the US Team at 18. While he was on the team, he never totally fit in. The world of snowboarding had a “high school” style popularity system and the fact that he liked the gym and working hard earned him the dreaded jock label is the sea of cool guys. But regardless of the lack of funding, sponsors, or fanfare, Alex was able to make the dream happen. It’s a fun episode, and Nate Holland asks the Inappropriate Questions.

4:00: From everywhere he’s lived, travel, getting into snow, Jib Fest, Olympics, the chain of events that gets him to SMS

11:00: X Games, US Open, talent vs work ethic, not fitting in, the jock label, and Baum

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25:00: Snowboarding is like HS, boardercross, getting on the US Team, not making the Vancouver team, and not having financial backing

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43:30: Sochi lead-up, struggle, Lake Louise podium, no pressure in Sochi, getting the bronze, opportunities, and post-Olympic hangover

60:00: Expensive taste, not making the 2018 Olympic team, bad teammates, not going to his last Olympics because of injury Palmer and Nate Holland

76:00: Inappropriate Questions with Nate Holland

Transcript

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0:00.0	Have a seat on your porcelain throne.
0:02.3	It's time to talk some shit on the Powell Movement.
0:13.5	Welcome to the Powell Movement.
0:16.8	I'm your host Mike Powell, and this week, well, I don't want to talk about what's going on in my life.
0:22.4	While we still have hope, things aren't good, and I find myself really sad a lot of the time.
0:27.8	While the past two and a half years have been difficult, it's never been like this.
0:32.1	As you can imagine, I've had to compartmentalize my thoughts enough to be able to record these
0:36.8	interviews, intros and outros.
0:38.7	But I just power through it like my badass wife has been doing for way too long.
0:42.9	I don't know if it's healthy the way I'm handling everything, but it is allowing me to
0:46.5	keep recording.
0:47.7	And this week's interview with Alex Dibold is another awesome one.
0:51.3	I say that, but when we recorded over a month ago,
0:54.3	the only thing I really remember from that
0:56.5	was hanging up and saying, wow, that was a great interview.
0:59.7	When that happens, I know you're gonna like it.
1:02.1	And it's hard not to like this one.
1:03.9	Alex is an Olympic bronze medalist,
1:06.1	and he didn't always podium.
1:07.5	But when he did, it was at big events like the Olympics,
1:10.6	and that's the dream, to get a
1:12.3	piece of hardware at the biggest event in the world. Before we get into talking to Alex about his
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